Microsoft will donate $1 million to President-elect Trump's inaugural fund, matching donations from Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple CEO Tim Cook and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed. The company donated $500,000 each to Trump's committee in 2017 and to President Joe Biden's committee in 2021, doubling its previous donations. This is emblematic of the tech industry's comprehensive efforts to curry favor with Trump. Since Trump's victory in the 2024 election, he has been dining with tech industry CEOs at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Jin Shi)